04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR
DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
8 POWER TRIP
MERCO 29 DIESEL
MARIS DISLERS REVIEWS THE RARE MERCO 29 DIESEL,
AND ALSO DESCRIBES OTHER GLOW PLUG TO DIESEL
CONVERSIONS FROM VARIOUS MANUFACTURERS.
12 OXFORD MFC FREE FLIGHT
SCALE RALLY
CHRIS BRAINWOOD REPORTS ON THE OXFORD MFC
FREE FLIGHT SCALE FLY-IN HELD ON PORT MEADOW, AN
EVENT BLESSED WITH VERY PLEASANT WEATHER.
18 USE AND ABUSE OF FF
RADIO DT BY CHRIS EDGE
CHRIS EDGE REVIEWS THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY
FOR FF RADIO CONTROL DT, AND DESCRIBES HOW
OLDER MODELS WITH MECHANICAL TIMERS CAN BE
CONVERTED TO RCDT.
24 SOUTH BRISTOL MAC
OPEN DAY
THE SOUTH BRISTOL CLUB HAVE FOR MANY YEARS
RUN AN ANNUAL GALA DAY, THIS YEAR THEY DECIDED
TO RUN IT AS AN OPEN DAY ON 21ST JULY TO ATTRACT
VISITORS AND POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS.
30 FREE PLAN – DURATION
DART – OR A DART TOO FAR?
IN THE UK THE INDOOR FLYING SEASON IS WELL
UNDERWAY, SO THIS MONTH’S FREE PLAN IS MARK
HARPER’S RE-IMAGINING OF THE “CENTENARY BMFA
DART” FOR INDOOR DURATION FLYING.
40 CONTROL LINE NATIONALS
TEAM RACE 2024
SIMON MOLYNEUX REPORTS FROM BMFA
BUCKMINSTER ON THE TEAM RACE NATS, HELD OVER 3
DAYS IN GOOD WEATHER AT THE END OF AUGUST
46 BEGINNER’S SERIES –
PART 15: SLEC/BELAIR
MERCURY MATADOR
THIS MONTH STUART MARSDEN DESCRIBES THE
BUILDING OF HIS SLEC/BELAIR PART KIT OF A MERCURY
MATADOR, AND ALSO REPORTS ON A PERFECT
WEEKEND AT OLD WARDEN, FLYING TWO DIFFERENT
VERSIONS OF HIS VMC GYPSY.
50 COTTAGE INDUSTRY
DIRECTORY
52 HISTORY OF
AEROMODELLING –
FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE
AFTER A LIFETIME OF FLYING CL AEROBATICS, JOHN
KERGON DESCRIBES HIS REFURBISHMENT OF A VERY
SPECIAL FROG 45 WITH RADIO ASSIST.
55 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
58 SCALE MATTERS
PETE FARDELL REMINDS US THAT THE INTERNATIONAL
FLY IN (IIFI) AT NIJMEGEN IN HOLLAND IS LOOMING
ON THE HORIZON, AND DESCRIBES HIS PREPARATION,
WHICH HAS A SPECIAL LINK TO THIS ICONIC EVENT, AND
REPORTS ON ANOTHER FREE FLIGHT SCALE MEETING AT
LODGE FARM.
62 HISTORY OF
AEROMODELLING –
RADIO CONTROL SINCE THE
1950S, PART 1
TREVOR WATERS RECOUNTS THE HISTORY AND
DEVELOPMENT OF RADIO CONTROL SYSTEMS, FROM
THE 1950S TO THE EARLY 2000S. PART 1 COVERS THE
EARLY DAYS USING SINGLE CHANNEL RADIO CONTROL.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
